NT remote housing program is building prefabricated homes, but some communities don t want them
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A newly installed prefabricated home in Pmara Jutunta supplied by Department of Housing
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The Northern Territory Government is using prefabricated homes to ease overcrowding in remote communities, but some are concerned they take construction jobs and training opportunities from Aboriginal Territorians living in remote areas.
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The NT Government says it has completed 37 of the new-style remote homes and more are on the way
Some residents are happy and the houses can be finished quicker than locally built homes
Concerns have been raised over the cost of the homes, at around half a million dollars each